貞じょう観がん時じ代だい

noun

Jōgan period (art history, 859-877 CE)

Historical term used in Japanese art history to refer to the early Heian period, especially noted for Buddhist sculpture and esoteric art.

See also: 弘仁貞観時代

• 貞じょう観がん時じ代だいの仏ぶつ像ぞうは、密みっ教きょうの影えい響きょうを強つよく受うけている。

  Buddhist statues from the Jōgan period are strongly influenced by esoteric Buddhism.

• この彫ちょう刻こくは貞じょう観がん時じ代だいの代だい表ひょう作さくとされている。

  This sculpture is considered a representative work of the Jōgan period.